Elected: 2025
David Farr is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist. He was previously Artistic Director of London’s Gate Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and The Lyric Hammersmith. He has written six original plays, published by Faber and Faber. His adaptations for stage include Kafka’s Metamorphosis and Homer’s The Odyssey. His first film The Ones Below premiered in 2015 and was shown at LFF, Toronto and Berlin Festivals. He adapted the Emmy Award Winning The Night Manager for the BBC and AMC and is currently in production on the second season. He has written an acclaimed trilogy for children – The Book of Stolen Dreams – published by Usborne.
Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives them the opportunity to support other writers, readers and the future of literature. The RSL connects writers in the Fellowship to one another, and to a wider readership.
